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Presentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to introduce”.
Below are all of the conjugations for presentar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to introduce |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | presentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está presentando) and past continuous (estaba presentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. introducing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he presentado and hubiera presentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have introduced).
| Gerundio / Gerund | presentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | presentado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I introduce” or “they introduce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | presento |
| Tú | presentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presenta |
| Nosotros / as | presentamos |
| Vosotros / as | presentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presentan |
| Vos | presentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I introduced” or “she introduced” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | presenté | I introduced |
| Tú | presentaste | You introduced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presentó | He / she / you introduced |
| Nosotros / as | presentamos | We introduced |
| Vosotros / as | presentasteis | You introduced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presentaron | They / you introduced |
| Vos | presentaste | You introduced |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was introducing” or “she was introducing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | presentaba | I was introducing |
| Tú | presentabas | You were introducing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presentaba | He was / she was / you were introducing |
| Nosotros / as | presentábamos | We were introducing |
| Vosotros / as | presentabais | You were introducing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presentaban | They / you were introducing |
| Vos | presentabas | You were introducing |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have introduced” and “she has introduced”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he presentado | I have introduced |
| Tú | has presentado | You have introduced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha presentado | He has / she has / you have introduced |
| Nosotros / as | hemos presentado | We have introduced |
| Vosotros / as | habéis presentado | You have introduced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han presentado | They / you have introduced |
| Vos | has presentado | You have introduced |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would introduce” or “she would introduce”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | presentaría | I would introduce |
| Tú | presentarías | You would introduce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presentaría | He / she / you would introduce |
| Nosotros / as | presentaríamos | We would introduce |
| Vosotros / as | presentaríais | You would introduce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presentarían | They / you would introduce |
| Vos | presentarías | You would introduce |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will introduce” or “they will introduce”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a presentar” means “They are going to introduce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | presentaré | I will introduce |
| Tú | presentarás | You will introduce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presentará | He / she / you will introduce |
| Nosotros / as | presentaremos | We will introduce |
| Vosotros / as | presentaréis | You will introduce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presentarán | They / you will introduce |
| Vos | presentarás | You will introduce |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | presente |
| Tú | presentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presente |
| Nosotros / as | presentemos |
| Vosotros / as | presentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presenten |
| Vos | presentes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | presentara | presentase |
| Tú | presentaras | presentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presentara | presentase |
| Nosotros / as | presentáramos | presentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | presentarais | presentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presentaran | presentasen |
| Vos | presentaras | presentase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | presentare |
| Tú | presentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presentare |
| Nosotros / as | presentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | presentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presentaren |
| Vos | presentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “introduce!” and “don’t introduce!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | presenta | no presentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | presente | no presente |
| Nosotros / as | presentemos | no presentemos |
| Vosotros / as | presentad | no presentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | presenten | no presenten |
| Vos | presentá | no presentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya presentado |
| Tú | hayas presentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya presentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos presentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis presentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan presentado |
| Vos | hayas presentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera presentado / hubiese presentado |
| Tú | hubieras presentado / hubieses presentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera presentado / hubiese presentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos presentado / hubiésemos presentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais presentado / hubieseis presentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran presentado / hubiesen presentado |
| Vos | hubieras presentado / hubieses presentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere presentado |
| Tú | hubieres presentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere presentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos presentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis presentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren presentado |
| Vos | hubieres presentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté presentando |
| Tú | estés presentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté presentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos presentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis presentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén presentando |
| Vos | estés presentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera presentando / estuviese presentando |
| Tú | estuvieras presentando / estuvieses presentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera presentando / estuviese presentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos presentando / estuviésamos presentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais presentando / estuvieseis presentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera presentando / estuviese presentando |
| Vos | estuvieras presentando / estuvieses presentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere presentando |
| Tú | estuvieres presentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere presentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos presentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis presentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere presentando |
| Vos | estuvieres presentando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos presentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos presentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos presentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos presentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos presentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos presentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos presentaras / Vos presentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos presentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no presentes |
